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Copy mp3 music files to SD card for car stereo

Anonymous
2018-12-20T19:19:13+00:00

I have a new car which does not have a CD player but does have an SD card slot.  I have copied and pasted mp3 files from a CD to an SD card but the card is not recognized by the car stereo.  The card format shows exFAT file type.

How can I get the car system to recognize the files on the card??

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  1. DaveM121 871.8K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2018-12-21T20:34:07+00:00

    Hi William, Great! I am glad that worked! If you don't have any more questions, feel free to choose a rating and have a great day!

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-12-21T20:33:19+00:00

    Didn't need to try this.  Thanks for your response.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-12-21T20:32:04+00:00

    NTFS WORKED!  I really appreciate your help, thank you.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-12-20T23:43:38+00:00

    The file-type optios are NFTS and exFAT.  It is a 64 GB card.

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  4. DaveM121 871.8K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2018-12-20T19:23:47+00:00

    Hi William,

    Typically for your car, that SD card must be formatted to FAT32, and sometimes it will also accept NTFS

    Copy any files off that SD card temporarily, right click the SD card and choose Format, do you get the option o changing the file system to FAT32, if so, choose that and click Start

    Then copy the data back onto that drive

    If you do not get the FAT32 option, what size (32GB, 64GB . . . etc.) is that SD Card

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